Art Gallery of New South Wales – South building

Established in 1871, the Art Gallery of NSW is one of Australia’s leading art museums. Over one million visitors a year enjoy the Gallery’s collection of Australian, Aboriginal, European, Asian and contemporary art. Located within beautiful parklands overlooking Sydney Harbour and only 15 minutes walk from the city centre. Admission to the Gallery is free, and so are our permanent galleries and most exhibitions and events.

Art Gallery of New South Wales – South building

Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney

02 9225 1700

artgallery.nsw.gov.au

Daily 10am–5pm, Wed until late.
See our website for latest information.

Art Gallery of New South Wales – South building

Exhibitions

Quiet Resonance

Lee Ufan

29 Oct - 30 Sep

Dreamhome: Stories of Art and Shelter

3 Dec

Asian Lantern – Elemental and Correspondence

1 Nov

The End of Imagination

Adrián Villar Rojas

3 Dec

Birds in Far Pavilions

Nusra Latif Qureshi

11 Dec - 1 Jun

Magritte

28 Oct - 9 Feb

Book Reviews

65,000 Years brings truth telling to art history

65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art is an extraordinary account of the unique art of this continent, published alongside a landmark exhibition at the Potter Museum of Art. Necessary and urgent, it tells the story of Indigenous Australian art; a new art history unlike anything we’ve seen. For Jane O’Sullivan, it’s a remarkable and must-read book.

Jane O'Sullivan

Feature

Oslo Davis reimagines art terms

In a new series of illustrated postcards available as a free gift with purchase only at the Art Guide Bookstore, Oslo Davis takes on classic and contemporary art terms and genres and reimagines what they could be referring to.

Oslo Davis

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The major exhibitions open in each capital city this summer

With so much to choose from, we’ve rounded up the major summer exhibitions in each capital city, open all summer long. Spanning Yayoi Kusama, Magritte, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, and many more.

Art Guide Australia

Preview

Reviving the potter’s quarter

In an expansive show at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, seven leading Australian ceramic artists have reinvigorated one of Australia’s oldest museum collections by creating a contemporary potter’s quarter—known as the ‘kerameikos’ in Ancient Greece.

Michelle Wang

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Self reflections with Jack Ball

In his latest exhibition at Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Jack Ball challenges the extractive history of the archive while searching for shapes that can articulate the complexity of trans life.

Josephine Mead

Book Reviews

‘About Face’ mirrors the alluring world of contemporary portrait painting

About Face is a smart piece of marketing. The new book on portrait painting from Australia and New Zealand has a mission to change buyers’ minds about the field. But as Jane O’Sullivan discovers, any sales pitch wears thin if it’s repeated often enough, and the close attention to how portrait painting is received by the market means that other important conversations fade to the background.

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Art Gallery of New South Wales – South building